Comment by Amnesty International UK

We call on the UK Government to prohibit the use of automated and ‘predictive’ policing systems in England and Wales. Almost three-quarters of UK police forces are using data-based and data-driven systems to attempt to predict, profile and assess the risk of crime or criminalised behaviour occurring in the future. These so-called predictive policing tools violate people’s rights and disproportionately impact Black and racialised communities. We urge the UK Government to do the right thing and prohibit use of these technologies. In moving towards this, we call for there to be transparency in how these systems are being used, and for the creation of meaningful routes to challenge policing decisions made using them. Governments across the UK must prohibit the use of these technologies. Right now, they can demand transparency on how these systems are being used. People and communities subjected to these systems must have the right to know about them and have meaningful routes to challenge policing decisions made using them. These discriminatory and racist systems must be banned. AI Verified source (2025)